From the School Programs and Partnership Team:

Enhance your Staff’s Skills with Science Notebooks!

The Missouri Botanical Garden's School Programs team offers specialized training in science notebooking for PreK–12 teachers. These sessions provide valuable strategies for incorporating science notebooks into your curriculum, fostering inquiry-based learning, and enhancing student engagement. Workshops can be tailored to fit into your existing professional development schedule, whether during the day, evening, or weekend.

Enhance Your Staff's Skills with Customizable Workshops!

The Missouri Botanical Garden offers specialized workshops focused on environmental education for K–12 teachers. Our expert-led sessions include hands-on activities and curriculum integration strategies. Workshops are adaptable to your schedule and can be incorporated into your professional development day or offered as standalone events.

Details:

Customized workshops can be designed to meet your specific needs, making them the main focus of your professional development.

Outreach costs for professional development programs are: $150 for the first hour and $50 for each additional hour (to take place the same day).

For more information and to schedule a workshop, please e-mail teachertraining@mobot.org.

Take a summer workshop at the Garden's Litzsinger Road Ecology Center to improve your skills as an outdoor place-based educator.

2025 workshops include Effective Outdoor Learning and Nature-Based Learning: Outdoor Explorations with PreK. Learn more

Litzsinger Road Ecology Center helps teachers engage their students in place-based education: using local ecology as a framework for studying a variety of subjects while interacting with the community.

Located in the heart of the St. Louis metropolitan area, this unique 39-acre study center encompasses a rich variety of habitats including bottomland forest, restored prairie, and an urban creek.